TAVISTOCK Swimming Club had seven competitors in the Devon Championships 14 and under Sprint Gala, all events being 50m, at Central Park in Plymouth. Tavistock?s highest placed swimmer was Jake Broome who swam a personal best of 27.62 seconds to secure 1st place in the 14 years Freestyle and went on to take 3rd in both the Backstroke and Butterfly and 7th in Breaststroke. These placings gave Jake overall 3rd place in his age group. Ross Williams took 4th in the 13 years age group with a one second personal best time in the Butterfly and swam a 2 second pb in the Breaststroke. Tom Waddington?s highest placing was 7th in his age group for Breaststroke and the Butterfly gave Tom Grennan-Cruise 10th in the his age group. Fran Gould swam a personal best in the 12 years Butterfly to finish in 10th place just before team-mate Laura Aspen who came in 11th place. Rebecca Windemer swam good personal best times in all her events. Results: Jake Broome - 1st Free (pb), 3rd Back (pb), 3rd Fly (pb), Breast 7th; Tom Grennan-Cruise ? 10th Fly, 11th Free, 14th Back, 14th Breast; Tom Waddington ? 7th Breast, 13th Back (pb), 16th Fly (pb), 17th Free; Ross Williams ? 4th Fly (pb), 10th Back, 11th Breast, 12th Free; Laura Aspen ? 11th Fly, 14th Free, 19th Back (pb), 19th Breast; Francesca Gould ? 10th Fly (pb), 13th Free, 15th Back (pb), 17th Breast; Rebecca Windemer ?12th Fly (pb), 23rd Free (pb), 25th Breast (pb), 25th Back (pb). Anyone wishing to join Tavistock Swimming Club should contact Head Coach, Paul Chinn on 01822 613181 for further details.
ABOVE: Trophy winners Jake Broome ? 3rd in BAGCAT 14 year old age group in the Sprint Gala; James Lake ? 4th in Butterfly Stroke Category and Chris Ralph ? 5th in Breast Stroke Category in the Devon County Championships and Age Groups.




